Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Moses B. Salter Hall on the campus of Campbell College
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Campbell College (1890-1964)
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Joseph Louis Atkins (1936–2015)
Annie Stephens Coker
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Annie Virginia Stephens Coker (1903-1986)
Fred Hutcherson
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Fred Hutcherson Jr. (1912-1962)

Explore Global African History

Nissim Black
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Nissim Black (1986- )
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (1659- )
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Berhanu Nega (1958- )
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Gaspar Yanga (c. 1545- ?)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Uncle Tom Revisited: Rescuing the Real Character from the Caricature
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I Remember Madiba: Paul Suzman Eulogizes Nelson Mandela
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Remembering Brown: Silence, Loss, Rage, and Hope, 1954
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The Racial Politics of Miss America

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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